Bob, had both my eyes done in January. Also ran around with one eye closed being amazed at how bright the world became. White became absolute. Colors became brilliant. Wish they had told me my current prescription glasses would be useless, even after the first surgery. I found my very first pair of prescription readers from 25 years ago, when I needed little correction, and they seemed to work pretty well.

How do I post a photo in reply?
Thank you

Yes. I sold a Tamron 150-600mm G1 lens to them after I upgraded to the G2. They were fair and efficient.
I would use them again.

DirtFarmer,
Since you mentioned LED lights, my two cents.
I am a real estate photographer. When I meet with agent clients and/or the Sellers in advance of the shoot, I always advise them that if light bulbs need to be replaced, to use only basic incandescent bulbs. These are the right temperature for this kind of photography. Fluorescent tubes always require some kind of PP adjustments.
LED lights, while extremely white in temperature, shed very little usable light. The rooms wind up poorly lit as the fall-off is rather quick.

The OP was looking for suggestions for a gimbal and tripod. If you are using a gimbal, you are swinging the camera up, down, left and right to follow a bird or other moving subject. The stability of the tripod is largely unimportant as long as it supports the weight of the camera and tripod without tipping over. Your lenses Image Stabilization or VC will be turned off and your shutter speed will be high enough to make a "solid tripod" irrelevant.

Roset, I use a Movo GH 800 gimbal head. You can buy this for under $200 on Amazon. My winter work is wildlife photography, mainly birds. It is carbon fiber and looks identical to the Wimberley WH-200 gimbal at $595 (Adorama). My tripod is a Vanguard Alta Pro 263AT at around $150 (no head).
Most folks here will say the Vanguard is not strong enough to support the weight of a heavy lens, but I have had a Canon EF 600mm f-4 prime lens on my Canon 7DII and 5DIII many times and it has done the job with plenty of stability. I own (3) of the Alta Pro tripods, each set up with a different head for different purposes.

Crad, I am a Canon guy and own both those models as well as several other Canon bodies. I am a real estate photographer and the T3i was my main camera for that work for a number of years. I almost always used it for auto exposure bracketing for available light. As that model will only shoot 3 images in AEB, I would take a set of 3 over-exposed image, readjust, and take the 3 underexposed images. It performed very well for my purposes, however, I became concerned about the number of shutter actuations due to its age. Last year I replaced the T3i with the 80D which has proven to be a terrific camera for that work, as it will bracket 3, 5 or 7 images. Highly recommend the 80D.

Todd,
A recap - I had a shoot Friday and the the 5DIII bracketed 7 perfectly for the interiors, but wouldn't bracket for the exterior photos. Saturday, it wouldn't work at all. Today, I used it for exteriors of a property and it bracketed 7 flawlessly each time. Go figure. I didn't change the order of the bracket shots from what I had been using.

Todd, you are correct. The flash will not fire in AEB. I only use flash in my work as a last resort...and I mean last. Once in a while, in a finished basement with drop ceiling and recessed fluorescent fixtures, I will throw into the batch, a couple of flash exposures taken after the brackets and this helps with overall exposure and color a bit as well. I'll give the single exposures a try and see what happens. LOL , I'm trying to get through the last of the processing right now from a shoot yesterday and prepping for the shoot tomorrow.
I really appreciate you trying to see this through. When I think about how carefully I've treated this camera body, compared to how I beat up my other cameras, it just doesn't make sense. My 7DII I use for wildlife almost exclusively and that sees rain, snow and extreme cold and most times with a third party Tamron 150-600mm lens and it has never had an issue. My 600D that I use for real estate, because of all the years of bracketing, has a huge amount of shutter actuations and still works every day. I plan to upgrade this camera soon and just keep it as a back up.

Todd, I have it set for 0, -, +.
That means it chokes on the overexposure after the "easier" exposures.
It always makes it past 2 or 3.
Think I will change it to +, 0, - and try to force the overexposures first in the sequence and see what happens.

Todd, I am using 1 1/3 stops for a total of 4 over and 4 under. Not sure why this camera will bracket and sometimes it won't.
When I first started using the Tamron 15-30mm, it worked perfectly each time, except for my own user error. I had to learn to turn off the VC because it was sitting on a tripod. It took a few "ghosty" images until I realized my error, but then it was fine for a couple of months. I had a shoot 2 1/2 hours away and the agent was willing to do the driving. My first set up was from the street, looking through two stone gates. I bracketed for 7 shots and hit the shutter button on 2 second delay. The camera clicked off 7 times to the amazement of my agent client who has never seen such a thing. I proceeded down the driveway closer to the house and took 5 more views. When I got home, the first shot through the stone gates did not exist. The rest were fine. That's when I knew the camera had a problem. The next shoot, sometimes it would fire 7 times, sometimes it choked after 4 or 5, not recording any of the series.

Thank you, ncshutterbug.
I hope to get the problem worked out too. I have always felt the 5DIII was the best all-around camera on the market "for the money."
I have used mine for event photos, band/nightclub photos, engagement shoots and even wildlife. The 5DIV just didn't have enough improved features to justify upgrading from the 5DIII.

I agree, ThreeCee. I probably should just use SD cards. They have come a long ways in the last couple of years.

Hi Todd,
I shoot in Manual all the time and set the aperture anywhere from f-8 to f-13 for interiors and hold the ISO at 100 to keep noise at a minimum. The shutter speed becomes the variable for bracketing. For exterior photos, I set the aperture at f-13, but may bump that to f-18 if the sun is peeking over a rooftop so I can get a "star" affect.
I don't think technique is the issue here. I have been using this same technique for years.
Again, sometimes the 5DIII will bracket 7 and sometimes it won't. Two days ago, it worked flawlessly. Yesterday, it would not bracket at all. I have done a complete camera electrical reset and it did not correct the problem.

I ultimately did send that body back to Canon for repair. This camera went back to them 3 or 4 times, for different issues, while it was still under warranty.